Basic concepts of philosophy of management and corporations

1 The Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University2 Management and organization, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University3 Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University

Abstract:

This chapter presents some fundamental concepts of the philosophy of management and corporations by addressing the problem of corporate legitimacy and Immanuel Kant’s distinction between theoretical, practical, and aesthetic reason and judgment. This chapter begins with a general definition of philosophy of management and corporations and continues by presenting its ontological and epistemological underpinnings. This approach is used to address the relation between economics, business ethics, and philosophy of management. Finally, ethical and aesthetic judgment is presented as the mediator between theoretical, aesthetic, and practical reason in philosophy of management.

ISBN:

9789400714939, 9789400714946

Type:

Book chapter

Language:

English

Published in:

Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics, 2013, p. 1361-1386